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Joshua Putnam
 
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Default Drain collapse insurance covered?

In article .com,
says...

That's what the plumbers said was used in this era home (for the drain
lines, not supply), and that's what they dug out - a broken 90 degree
elbow joint of heavy iron, or rust. There's some cast iron still under
the house for the main line with subsequently-added PVC joining up to
it in various places. The line out the front yard to the city sewer is
cast iron, too, and has obvious-on-camera damage that will eventually
fail it at any moment.


If anyone does it in your area, you might check out the cost of
having all these old drains lined with fiber-reinforced epoxy resin.
They basically run a liner through the pipe, impregnate it with epoxy
resin, then inflate it against the walls of the pipe.

It's very strong, doesn't rot or rust, and doesn't require any
excavation if they have good access to a cleanout. That means they
can do it under or even inside a slab, and it can usually be done in
a day so you don't spend a week with the slab broken up and no
plumbing to use.

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